Обсуждение: Source code in .tar.xz format?
Hi,
Have you considered making xz-compressed source tarballs available in file browser (https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source)?
The tarfile for v11rc1 compresses to 15.5MB (with -9) - nearly half the size of the gzip-compressed file that is currently on the browser.
Modern versions of tar will automatically decompress .tar.xz files with the usual “tar -xf <filename>” invocation.
Keep up the good work!
Steven.
On 12/10/2018 12:34, Steven Winfield wrote: > Have you considered making xz-compressed source tarballs available in > file browser (https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source)? > > The tarfile for v11rc1 compresses to 15.5MB (with -9) - nearly half the > size of the gzip-compressed file that is currently on the browser. > > Modern versions of tar will automatically decompress .tar.xz files with > the usual “tar -xf <filename>” invocation. My records show that this had been discussed about 5 years ago. The idea was to drop bz2 and add xz. The problem was that older operating systems (such as CentOS 5 and perhaps older Solaris) don't support xz, so that would negatively affect some platforms. In the meantime, people are already moving on from xz to lz ... -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services